June 22: Amman, Jordan, military checkpoint, 6 dead. June 27: Mukalla, Yemen, Security target, 42 dead, 30 injured. June 28: Istanbul, Turkey, Airport, 45
Category: International
Adios, CNN International…for now
I find myself in an odd place: abroad. Until recently, I had CNN International included in my cable package. I had come to view
An Israeli soap opera draws me in, despite its religious setting
I’ve been binge-watching a 2008 Israeli soap opera called “Srugim,” and it’s sparking some thoughts about religion.The title, “Srugim” [“suh-roo-geem”] is a Hebrew word
An open letter to Trump from the rest of the world
Right now—right this minute—while you’re wracking your brain trying to make sense of how it can possibly be that so many of our fellow
Trump applies his usual logic to the United Nations
I can see why perhaps Donald Trump has little love for the United Nations. After all, since its inception in 1945 and his birth
20 years after Rwanda, genocide remains a “problem from Hell”
I just finished reading a book worth writing about in light of recent events in Africa and Iraq: Lieutenant General Romeo Dallaire’s Shake Hands
“Where to Invade Next:” Michael Moore’s film makes its points, annoyingly
Michael Moore’s new film has a coy title, “Where to Invade Next.” And that’s where the trouble begins. Based on the title, you might
Caliphate: Why can’t we just talk about the possibility?
What if a [limited] Islamic caliphate became a reality? How awful would that be? I don’t know, and I’m having trouble figuring out how
The fizzling of The Population Bomb: China ends its one-child policy
Last night, I attended a presentation looking at trends in world population since biologist Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb in 1968, a best-selling
“Fallout” [the game] and fallout [the nuclear reality]
“If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.” –Albert Einstein. Next month, “Fallout 4,” a highly-anticipated